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WEBAge 77. Oak Ridge, TN. William (Bill) Wright, age 77 of Oak Ridge, passed away at his home on Saturday, August 31, 2024. Bill was born on July 20, 1947 in Oak Ridge to Owen and Violet Wright. He proudly... Premier Sharp Funeral Home.
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WEBOak Ridge middle school student charged after allegedly making threats Ethics commission dismisses complaint against Lizzette Reynolds Red Lobster fends off Chapter 11 to keep some locations open. Including in Tennessee Why a fight is underway over water in the drought-stricken Duck River Trips to DC, RGA work and vacation: What Lee's travel ...
Sean Finnegan gets death penalty for murder of Jennifer Gail Paxton
WEBAug 21, 2024 · An Anderson County jury returned Aug. 21 with the sentence for Sean Shannon Finnegan in the killing of Jennifer Gail Paxton of Knoxville: death by lethal injection. On Aug. 19, the same 12 jurors found Finnegan, who had lived on Fairview Road in Oak Ridge for several years, guilty of: Two counts of first-degree murder.
Oak Ridge woman pleads guilty to murder of Jennifer Gail Paxton
WEBSep 5, 2023 · The Oak Ridger. 0:02. 0:48. A 25-year-old Oak Ridge woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the August 2020 death of Jennifer Gail Paxton, 36. Rebecca E. Dishman was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison. Dishman also entered a guilty plea to two counts of child rape in a separate case. Fifty years were added to her life sentence ...
Jury deciding now on death sentence or life in prison for Sean …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · The jury will return at 9 a.m. Wednesday to decide on whether to give Sean Finnegan a sentence of death or life in prison for the murder of Jennifer Gail Paxton.. The sentencing hearing for Finnegan began Tuesday morning. Deliberations began shortly after the jury left the courtroom at 2:36 p.m. Jurors returned at nearly 5:30 p.m. and recessed for dinner at the hotel where they have been ...
Improving public housing, constructing affordable apartments in …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · 1:23. The Oak Ridge Housing Authority unveiled plans Friday morning to begin work early next year to renovate 128 existing public housing units scattered around the city and and construct 104 new affordable rental units in the Scarboro community for the area's workforce at a total cost of $56 million. "This is a historic moment for the Oak ...
Vehicle found in lake linked to 2005 missing woman's case - Oak …
WEBNov 11, 2021 · 0:04. 0:42. Eighty-four-year-old Miriam Ruth Clark Hemphill was last seen on July 22, 2005. Now divers have found a vehicle that is linked to the case of the missing woman who would be 99 or 100 years old today. The Oak Ridge Police Department has confirmed that a vehicle found in Melton Hill Lake on Wednesday afternoon by …
Meet Kenneth D. Nichols, the father of Oak Ridge, a leader in the ...
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Barbara Scollin is the niece of Major Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols. She visited Oak Ridge some time back and saw where then Col. Nichols lived. She spent time in the Oak Ridge Room of the Oak Ridge Public Library. She also recognized the need to assure historical materials were properly collected and initiated an …
Nuclear fuel company announces plans for Oak Ridge plant, 400 …
WEBApr 5, 2022 · A nuclear fuel company is coming to Oak Ridge and plans to employ at least 400 people. TRISO-X LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-energy LLC, has selected the Horizon Center Industrial Park in west Oak Ridge as the site for its operations. It will be the United States' first commercial advanced High-Assay Low …